Mr. Graef. Let me say that didn't help. Taken with the other—his personality, his not being able to do the job the way he should—when I say, "His personality," I mean the friction between the other employees. I didn't—it didn't actually weigh heavily, but it didn't do his case any good, let's put it that way. I didn't fire him specifically because he had the newspaper in his hand.
Mr. Jenner. Now, I put words in your mouth that he was discharged?
Mr. Graef. Yes; he was discharged.
Mr. Jenner. Did you discuss this with him?
Mr. Graef. I did.
Mr. Jenner. Would you tell us about that, please?
Mr. Graef. His record, as all this has brought out was—adding up to where he was not a desirable employee. His relationships with other employees had reached the point where no one that I know of was really friendly or liked him. His work as we progressed into the more intricate details of our production, didn't improve and it began to be evident after all the training that we had given up to this point that now that he was in a position where he should be able to produce jobs, actually he was not able to do so, and after a reasonable——
Mr. Jenner. Was there ever any thought in your mind as to his ability ultimately to be able to do so?
Mr. Graef. Yes; I reached the opinion that he would not have—he would never be the kind of an employee that I was looking for, giving him every chance, you can make a mistake on one job or two jobs, and you always feel like you must—"Let's try it one more time," and this was my thought, because after all, there had been several months passed where we had brought him up to this point and I feel we gave him every chance or tried to give him every chance to make a success, and still he was falling down and making these mistakes—sizing errors—and camerawork.
When he had to make these things over, he would be mad at himself. He would go back and shoot it again, but it is obvious that he was taking twice as long when these things happened to produce one job because he was having to do the whole thing over again to get it right, that it couldn't be tolerated for much longer.